Sawing machine



Sept. 2, 1941. A. KAEHLERT SAWING MACHINE Filed July 2, 1958 -machine contains a stationary frame Patented Sept. 2,

UN TED/STATES "PATENT OFFICE- SAWINGMACHINE Application July 2, 1938, Serial No. 217,243- In Germany July 6, 1937 1 Claim.

The invention relates to sawing machinesfor cutting timber or the like, particularly to a movable sawmill having circular blades.

Sawing machines for longitudinally cutting logs, timber, posts, sleepers, planks, etc. are, as a rule, heavy and diiiicult to move. These heavytype machines operate with a stationary saw and a movable work-piece.

In order to dispense with transporting the ogs-from'the forest to distant sawmills, it has proposed to'construct movable sawin lsobeen According to a known construction achm' es.

of such t pe th portable machine is secured directly to the log to be cut. These machines, however, have a number of drawbacks. They lack the accuracy requiredfor many purposes. It also is not possible to completely out the log from one side; after having finished one cutting operation, the log must be turned and the sawing machine must be secured to the opposite side. With such an arrangement, double-acting circular saws for effecting multiple cutscan be employed only with great difflculty. Also the fastening and the adjustment of such sawspresent considerable disadvantages.

An object of the invention is to provide a mov-v able sawing machine which avoids the abovementioned drawbacks.

An object, more in particular, is to. construct a movable sawing machine which allows cutting 30 the logs in two or more longitudinal planes without requiring a removal. of the log from the machine.

An object also is to provide a movable machine which easily permits multiple cutting of logs 35 throughout their entire cross section.

Other objects will become apparent from the following description. v

According to the invention, a movable sawing track for a reciprocatorily supported set of saw blades and a fastening device for firmly securing the log to be cut, the device being designed to permit a rotation of the work-piece about its longitudinal axis and an adjustment of the'workpiece in the vertical direction'so as to ensure a. cutting of the log-by the saw blades throughout its cross-section. The sawing device proper conably arranged on a notched driving shaft means of saw blade sleeves, and may be secured in the desired position by means of flange nuts. Such a saw is light in weight and can be easily assembled and dismantled and may also be used in the woods on rough grounds. of course, it may also be employed in timber yards and moved from one to another place of storage piles. A particular advantage obtained by the invention, for instance when cutting building timber and sleepers, is that waste is avoided to agreat extent, since the timber may directly be cut to boards of the desired size. Another advantage is that embodiment of the invention in diagrammatic form.

1 shows view. Q In the drawing, A denotes the frame of a carriage whose wheels 3 and 3' rest on rails 4 a side elevation and Fig. 2 a top forming part of a stationary structure which sists of a set of double-acting circular saw blades and is arranged on the stationary frame in the 50 form of a carriage or slide. According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the spacing between the double-acting saw blades can be brought to the desired cutting widthby means of an adjusting device. The saw blades are slidcomprises two spaced standards 6 and 6. Frame A carries a driving motor 25 and a set of circular .saws, the shaft E of which is driven by the motor by means of wheels C and belt or chain D. The

frame, as'well' as the standards or other stationary structure, consists of light metal such as aluminum, pressed sheet steel, weldedsec tional iro or the like. The shaft E is mounted in ball bearings. The shaft, further, has a longitudinal groove and carries slidable sleeves F. Saw'blades I are-firmly clamped on the sleeves F by means of flange nuts G and H. In each sleeve F is milled a groove in which engages a sliding fork K which is mounted on a connecting rod L. The spacing between the' circular saw blades I is adjustable by means of a device forming a 40 comprising a left-hand and right-hand spindle M with hand-wheels N, two spindle nuts 0, and the rods L connecting the nuts 0' with the sliding forks K. Secured to the spindle nuts are pointers P which move over a'scale indicating the distance between the two sets of saw blades. 1 A train-of-worm gears composed of a worm S on the shaft of motor B, a worm wheel T meshing with worm S, a worm U operated by wheel T and meshing with a worm wheel V, serves to operate a shaft W. Two sets of gears X, X and Y, Y' serve to connect shaft W with. the shaft Z of the rear carriage wheels 3. Gear wheels X and Y are firmly mounted to the shaft W, whereas wheels X and Y run idle on the rear shaft Z. Between wheels X and Y", which carry a feather.

coupling claws, is arranged a coupling member I which is slidably arranged on the rear shaft Z and engages the shaft through a groove and By means of the coupling lever 2 the coupling can be brought into engagement either with gear X or Y, thus causing the rear shaft Z to rotate in the clockwise or counterclockwise direction. The running wheels 53,

mounted to shaft Z, together with the two running wheels 3 of the front shaft Z, cause the carriage to move along the rails 4 in the forward or backward direction.

1 To protect the operator, the circular saw blades I are provided with a guard 5 which is held in position by four spring snapping devices. The rails are secured to the standards Q and 6' by bolts l8 and I 6'. 0n the standards are arranged screw jacks with hand-operated wheels and locking devices serving'to hold and center the logs to. be sawed and to adjust the log to the proper cutting height. The gripping device comprises two screw jacks I and I having handoperated wheels 8 and 8' and arbors 9 and 8' respectively, the jacks being mounted in supporting arms I! and II respectively. The arms I! and II are slidably mounted on the standards .6 and 8' and canbe lowered or raised by means of lifting devices. A log secured between the claws of the gripping device maybe revolved about its axis. A locking device l0, however, having clutch-like notches spaced 90 from one another serves to flx the position of the log so as toenable an exact cutting of rectangular timber at right angles. The adjusting devices for lifting the log consist of screw jacks I l and Hf which are actuated through bevel and spur gears l2 and II with the aid of hand-operated wheels I! and I3 respectively. These adjusting devices act on ghsi supporting arms I! and I1 of the clamping e ces. v

mit a high feeding speed of the saw blades so that cuttinglengths of 4 to 5 meters per minute may be easily attained. The sawing device a reversible and cuts the work piece in either direction. The gripping device for the tree trunk ensures any rotation of the work-piece about in axis; i. e. the material can be cut at all sides without removing it.

What is claimed is:

A sawing machine comprising two standards spaced from each other, a stationary track re movably mounted on said standards, a sawing unit placed on said track so as to be removable as a whole from said track, said unit comprising a carriage movable along said track, a sawing device mounted on said carriage, said device having a multiple set of double-acting blades,

carriage wheels resting on said track and a motor also disposed on said carriage and operatively connected with said blades and said wheels for actuating said blades while impelling said carriage along said track, clampingmeans carried by said standards for securing a log below and in parallel relation to said track, and means disposed on said standards for vertically adjusting said clamping means relative to said track so as to ensure cutting of the log throughout its cross section.

ARTHUR KAEHLERT. 

